Merseyside dates for Something About Lennon

A new celebration of the life and music of John Lennon will visit Merseyside venues this spring as part of its inaugural UK tour.

Something About Lennon - The John Lennon Story comes from the same team as the hit shows Something About George, which recalls the late George Harrison, and Paul Simon celebration Something About Simon.

It arrives at St Helens Theatre Royal on May 27, New Brighton’s Floral Pavilion on May 28 and The Atkinson in Southport on May 31.

Something About Lennon, which stars West End performer and musical Daniel Taylor, weaves together songs with stories and charts the late music legend’s life from the breakup of the Beatles to his murder in New York in December 1980.

It is brought to the stage by Liverpool’s Something About Productions, with the Beatles Story on board as a production partner, and Taylor will be joined by musical director and guitarist Joe Smithson, Callum Macmillan on percussion/drums, bassist Jessie Eigen and James Breckon on keyboard.

Daniel Taylor says: “Following the huge success of Something About George, I’m really looking forward to creating the same magic with Something About Lennon. It's lovely as a performer and actor to have people put so much trust in you to tell such an incredible story, and to celebrate someone as unique and timeless as John Lennon.

“And of course there are all those iconic songs which have formed the soundtrack to so many people’s lives, and which will be performed live with a brilliant band of musicians.

“I can’t wait to revisit the man and the legend in this fantastic new show.”

Co-producer Bill Elms adds: “John Lennon was a fascinating, and a multi-faceted character, and more than 40 years after his untimely death he continues to be a towering presence both within popular culture and beyond.

“Something About Lennon explores the decade between the breakup of the Beatles and Lennon’s death – a time that saw him re-examining his life and career, pursuing new passions, finding domestic contentment and, tragically, being taken from his family and the world just at the moment he had started what was set to be an amazing and creatively fulfilling new chapter.”

Something About Lennon is at St Helens on May 27, New Brighton on May 28 and Southport on May 31.

Top: Daniel Taylor. Photo by David Munn.